Governor Dewitt Clinton House

Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

Date: September 1929; 1929-09 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi

Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster Identifier: aql:29544 ela-004744 ela-004744.tif

Description: Governor Dewitt Clinton House - NW of Junction of Maspeth Ave., Maurice Ave., 58th St., and 56th Terrace, at English Kills and east of the LIRR. Judge Joseph Sackett (d. 1755) built the two-story wood frame mansion with porches around both levels ca. 1725; Governor Clinton (1769-1828) used it as his summer house. It was later owned by Clinton's son in law David S. Jones 1846; then E. Godrey 1852, 1860; P. Grussy Owned 1873, 1891. The wing on the east was taken off, and the house was divided into tenements before it burned down in 1933.

Title : Governor Dewitt Clinton House

Collection : aql:7837

Creator : Eugene L. Armbruster

Date : September 1929; 1929-09

Summary/Description : Governor Dewitt Clinton House - NW of Junction of Maspeth Ave., Maurice Ave., 58th St., and 56th Terrace, at English Kills and east of the LIRR. Judge Joseph Sackett (d. 1755) built the two-story wood frame mansion with porches around both levels ca. 1725; Governor Clinton (1769-1828) used it as his summer house. It was later owned by Clinton's son in law David S. Jones 1846; then E. Godrey 1852, 1860; P. Grussy Owned 1873, 1891. The wing on the east was taken off, and the house was divided into tenements before it burned down in 1933.

Subject : Dwellings

Relation : Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

Rights : Public domain

Coverage : 56th Terrace, Rust Street, and 56th Drive, Maspeth, Queens, NY

Type : Black and white photograph

Format : Black and white photograph; 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi

Identifier : aql:29544 ela-004744 ela-004744.tif